>
> VMWare Player is available for free, and will allow you to create
> virtual machines without a problem. It's basically the same as
> Workstation without the problems of an evaluation period ending and
> catching you or the user out. Of course trying to get it to properly
> engage on the laptop when running Linux, is a trip to be certain.
>
> Of course I can't go ahead with this idea until I get more feedback
> from the rest of the group.
> ——
Hello,
This is a Windows 98 virtual machine running under VMWare Fusion:
c:\>ver
4DOS 8,00 (Win98) DOS 7,10
c:\>ncp loop node bitxor
LOOP NODE test started at Wed Nov 08 10:14:40 2017
Connect complete to node BITXOR
Remote node maximum buffer size for loopback: 184
Send 1, 46 bytes.
Successful send and receive, message 1.
LOOP NODE test finished successfully at Wed Nov 08 10:14:41 2017
c:\>
It’s not strictly DECNET-DOS; it’s PATHWORKS-32, which includes the DECNET
stack. I’ve not been able to try the old, “pure” DECNET-DOS because the
supported LAN cards (DEPCA et all) are not emulated in any VM software I know.
But this setup works OK:
c:\>nft
NFT - Network File Transfer - V6.0.004
NFT>dir bitxor::
Directory of: bitxor::DU1:[DECNET]
INFO.TXT;1 4 22-NOV-12 12:15:25
INFO.TXT;9 8 29-DEC-12 01:25:14
INFO.TXT;10 9 14-MAR-13 13:05:37
NFT>
Let’s try a remote FAL access:
[BITXOW]$ dir 7.98::
Directory 7.98::C:[PW32]
API.CNT API.HLP ASLAPI.DLL ASLCZ.DLL
ASLDE.DLL ASLFR.DLL ASLPASS.EXE ASLUS.DLL
CHARSETS.DAT CSM32.DLL CSM_W3.DLL DAP32.DLL
DECIC16.DLL DECITOT.CNT DECITOT.DAT DECITOT.HLP
DECITOT.TPL DECLOG.CNT DECLOG.EXE DECLOG.HLP
DECTAL.DLL DECTNET.DLL DEINST.EXE DEINSTAL.DAT
DEINSTAL.TXT FAL32.EXE INDEXFIX.HLP MANDEC.CNT
MANDEC.HLP NCP.EXE NCPHELP.BIN NCPTAB.BIN
NFTW.CNT NFTW.HLP NFTW32.EXE NMAPI32.DLL
NML32.EXE NM_MSG.BIN PW32.CNT PW32.HLP
PWASSTCZ.CNT PWASSTCZ.HLP PWASSTDE.CNT PWASSTDE.HLP
PWASSTFR.CNT PWASSTFR.HLP PWASSTUS.CNT PWASSTUS.GID
PWASSTUS.HLP PWCTERM.DLL PWENT.DAT PWINACC.DAT
PWLICLM.CNT PWLICLM.HLP PWMSG.CNT PWMSG.HLP
PWNODE.DAT PWOBJ.DAT PWREADME.TXT PWS2DNST.EXE
PWS2INST.EXE PWSOCK32.DLL PWTELNT.DLL SPAWN32.EXE
UPGRADE.INI WHATSNEW.CNT WHATSNEW.HLP WHATSNEW.TXT
nft.exe
Total of 69 files.
[BITXOW]$
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